Alessandra Henderson · Leadership Development Expert

Gwen Watkins, member of the 85 Broads South Africa Chapter, is an entrepreneurial pioneer whose story demonstrates the vision and passion of 85 Broads members worldwide. Starting out as a switchboard operator at the South African branch of GE Plastics in 1977, Gwen’s professional drive led her to become the first woman on the Plastics & Rubber Council and later in 1988,to start her own company. Now the CEO of Freelancers Writing Services, a communications consultancy that provides press relations assistance to a range of industries, Gwen’s penchant for entrepreneurial activities and her be…

Recently Chinese contemporary art collectors Sylvain and Dominique Levy sent out announcements for the opening of their new dsl collection museum. What makes this event unique at the tail end of a mushrooming museum development era is the absence of real buildings and galleries. Instead, all of the artwork is shown in a 3-D virtual space accessed through the internet. It seems that art consumption, like music and print publications before it, is making the leap from real time to screen time. While viewing art online is hardly a new concept, the advent of the dsl museum raises the question o…

In today’s world, where the words recession and downturn are given more print space than growth and profit, uttering the terms ‘art’ and ‘investment’ together seems to have gone the way of the Dodo bird. The trifecta of the art world – auction houses, galleries and museums – were all knocking in their boots as Wall Street took a massive hit in Fall 2008. Even the wealthiest collectors shied away from pulling out their checkbooks. Let’s face it: conspicuous consumption was passé.

Of all the gluttony of art years past, no genre raised eyebrows quite like Chinese contemporary art. As the rec…